A print depicting two women and a young boy holding a portrait print — a scene of private appreciation of a printed image that creates an interesting self-referential quality: a woodblock print depicting people looking at a woodblock print. The trio of viewer-subjects suggests a domestic or social context in which print appreciation was a shared family or social activity, and the specific print they hold (described as a portrait of a man) adds the subject of portraiture to the meta-image of print consumption.
Meiji period, dated October 10, 1896
Woodblock print in "ōban" format; ink and color on paper
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
Woodblock print
TWO WOMEN AND A YOUNG BOY HOLDING A PRINT (PORTRAIT OF A MAN) was created by Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延).
TWO WOMEN AND A YOUNG BOY HOLDING A PRINT (PORTRAIT OF A MAN) depicts children, daily life, and portraits.
